blood parrot question

[nate da fishman]

is it normal for a blood parrot to get a dark smuge on its nose like the size of a ball point pen tip, nitrite-0 ammonia-0 nitrates-5

75 gallon
1 blood parrot
going to add more fish soon
and any suggestions would be nice

29 gallon
1 daffodil cichlid his wife jumped out like an idiot over night
5 danios
2 leopard
3 zebra
any sggestions would also be nice



nate

[nate da fishman]

i just notices it today and i know it wasnt there before and its only like 3 months or so

[bert]

sometimes it is the color pigment. mine had spots on it's nose and then they faded in about a month after i got them.

[nate da fishman]

thanks for the info i got a little worried and yours looking awsome and mine about 3 inches maybe a little bigger and a orange/pink color


nate

[bert]

this is my 100 gallon tank

[nate da fishman]

thats looks awsome




nate

[crazychick]

Black spots on blood parrots can be pigmentation & if that's the case the black spot will be permanent. But black spots are also a sign of stress. The stress can be caused by adjusting to a new home, problems with tank mates, or poor water quality (ammonia or nitrites.) If you find the problem & correct it the black spot will disappear in a day or two.

I have 2 blood parrots in a community tank with an angel, dwarf gourami, upside-down catfish, bolivian ram & a school of harlequin rasboras. My parrots are a bit aggressive so I have to watch what kind of fish I add to the tank.

For more info on them & other suitable tank mates check out parrotcichlid.com

Beautiful tank Bert!!!

[Spridell]

I have a parrot who sometimes gets black spots or streaks on her fins right around the time she lays her eggs.

She lays eggs every month and about 4 days before that she gets the black spots and/or streaks. This is usually how i know she is going to lay eggs in a couple of days.

[bert]

thank you

[FiSHx]

very nice tank btw.. :clap:

[bert]

thank you, i try and make it as natural as i can for the fish

[slowlyburn]

thank you, i try and make it as natural as i can for the fish



If you want to keep it natural for your parrots you may want to set your tank up to look like a laboratory.

[bert]

I know what you mean, they are a neat looking fish and very peaceful,in fact the ones i got as a pair were male and female and i had tried a product that claimed to disolve the gunk in the gravel and i tried it even though i do frequent water changes. well this stuff came from texas and must have been expose to heat because it poisoned my tank. ( petco refunded my money plus credited me for the fish i lost. lets cut to the chase, the little parrot was having a difficult time breathing and the other parrot kept with it nudging it so it would stay awake but it died. so i bought another and the bigger parrot adopted this one and protected it and showed it the ropes as they say. I don't agree with how they were made, but i had bought them before i knew. however, they are the stars of my 100 Gallon and they feed right out of my hand when i want to do that.